Fukuzawa Yukichi was born on January 10th‚ 1835 in Osaka‚ Japan. He comes from a family of lower-level samurai. Due to the fact that Fukuzawa Yukichi was from a lower-level samurai family‚ his father (who did hold an unfavorable job) did not want him to learn basic math‚ or any forms of calculations‚ because even though they were lower-level samurai‚ they were still samurai and work/skills like math were beneath them and their status. It can be said that‚ his father’s distaste for “the tool of merchants”
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military (samurai) power and the suppress‚ on the power of the emperor‚ who was compelled to reprised without effective political or military power‚ untill the Meiji restoration over 650 years later.  Impact they had on the period of time Minamoto no Yoritomo established the Kamakura Shogunate‚ which ruled much of Japan until 1333. The Kamakura were powerful‚ but they never conquered northern and western areas of the country. The shoguns also faced periodic resistance from other samurai clans
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women differed in that women were allowed to serve in Japanese warrior class but not in the European’s. European knights were very similar to the Japanese samurais; not only were they similar in their codes of conduct‚ but they had similar weaponry. The Knights were based on Chivalry which consisted bravery‚ respect and honor. The Samurais followed a similar code of conduct called bushido meaning “the way of the warrior” which consisted of loyalty‚ bravery in the martial arts‚ and honor until death
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Daimyo and Samurais. The highest ranking in the Noble class was Shogun. The shoguns ruled the military parts of Feudal Japan in shadow of the king. The country’s security was under their control and to maintain it was their responsibility. The next ranking in the Noble class were the Daimyos. They were given the term “warlords” and worked under the word of the Shogun‚ of whom worked under the word of the Emperor. The final and lowest ranking of the Noble Class were the Samurais. The samurais were one
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My mon is a representation of the values and origins of the Morberger family. To the Japanese community‚ mon’s are a symbol of the family’s identity and name and were popularly used by the samurai to distinguish the social class and portray the honour of their family. (Encyclopaedia Japan‚ 2008). When creating my mon‚ I wanted to reflect the Japanese use of nature and symbolism to show the history of my family name and how different cultures came together to form our family. The most notable figure
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In The Last Samurai Tom Cruise plays a character‚ named Capt. Nathan Algren‚ who gets captured as a prisoner of war by the Samurai. He is taught about them and their unorthodox culture and way of living. He ends up falling in love with their culture and fights for them in their war against the much larger and technologically advanced Japanese Empire. The scene I choose is the "sparing in the rain" scene‚ in which Capt. Nathan Algren spars with wooden swords. This scene shows the true strength
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like food‚ shelter and clothes. It was also a major waste of time that they could have instead used to train the armies of their domains. When the daimyo were in debt‚ whether it was because of the sankin kotai or the fact that they had to pay for samurais¡¦ rice‚ they had to turn to the merchants to borrow money. Because money making was seen as the lowest of the low in their beliefs‚ borrowing from people who do so was even more shameful.
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Title: The ancient art of Seppuku Purpose: To bring awareness of the ancient samurai art of Seppuku Audience: Anyone who has ever wondered why people commit suicide for honor Seppuku‚ also called Hara-kiri (“belly-cutting”)‚ the honorable method of taking one ’s own life practiced by men of the samurai class in feudal Japan. Seppuku (only outsiders reffered to it as "hari-kari") is a highly ritualized performance‚ as complicated as chado (a tea ceremony)
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arms with the world via The History Channel Arts & Entertainment channel. Michael Zomber has produced the television documentaries “Dueling Pistols” and “Soul of the Samurai.” His literary ventures include; “Shogun Iemitsu: War and Romance in 17th Century Tokugawa Japan”‚ “Jesus and the Samurai: The Shining Religion and the Samurai‚” “Park Avenue‚” “Sweet Betsy That’s Me: A Child of the Civil War” and “A Son of Kentucky.” Convicted of mail fraud in 2003‚ Michael Zomber made the most of his time
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(otherwise known as samurai women) provided for the defense of their homes and children. Their wartime roles included washing and preparing the decapitated bloody heads of the enemy‚ which were presented to the victorious generals. Like their samurai husbands‚ personal honor was paramount for samurai women. They carried small daggers and were always prepared to die to maintain their honor and family name. After Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan‚ the role of women changed. Their samurai husbands‚ no longer
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